Black Book

Although in many ways a characteristically perverse Paul Verhoeven spectacle, this Dutch World War II resistance story is more morally shaded as well as handsomely mounted and suspenseful.

"...result is nothing like Showgirls. Just so we’re clear. Black Book (Zwartboek) resurrects themes from 1977’s Soldier of Orange,..."

April 27, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Little Black Book

This is what happens when the "don't ask, don't tell" policy fails young lovers.

"...Tobolowsky, Kevin Sussman, Rashida Jones and Josie Maran. Little Black Book immediately posits itself as a not-your-run-of-the-mill romantic comedy..."

Aug. 6, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Texas Book Festival 2018: The Full List

Lineup includes Cecile Richards, Julián Castro, + 280 more

"...a meteorological sense but a literary one. The Texas Book Festival has released the full list of authors for..."

Aug. 29, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Texas Book Festival Unveils Full Author Lineup for 2024

Matthew McConaughey and Malcolm Gladwell headline

"...From sci-fi novelists to Pulitzer Prize winners, the Texas Book Festival aims to connect readers and authors through story..."

Sept. 19, 2024 Books Post by Amaya Austin

Roxane Gay, Tim O’Brien Join Texas Book Festival Lineup

Full author roster revealed for November fest

"...to an impeachment trial that will surely inspire investigative books (and maybe a bodice ripper?), but by November, its..."

Sept. 13, 2023 Arts Post by Kimberley Jones

kYmberly Keeton Wants Your Stories for the Black COVID-19 Index

And at the Austin African American Book Festival 2020, she’ll tell you why

"...collected and preserved. Celebrating and sharing the stories of Black lives – proclaiming that their stories matter – has..."

June 26, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

50 Years Black & Queer at UT's Black Studies Biennial Conference

Historical analysis of the Caribbean’s queer, black activism

"...The University of Texas at Austin’s second Black Studies Biennial Conference returns March 14 and 15 to..."

March 13, 2019 Qmmunity Post by Alex Puente

Austin African American Book Festival Comes to Carver Museum

Authors and activists address the state of Black culture

"...The Austin African American Book Festival celebrates its 11th year and, like years past,..."

June 21, 2017 Arts Post by Jennifer MacKenzie Murphy

Texas Book Festival 2016: The Full List

TBF hosts Don DeLillo, Thomas Dolby, Emma Cline, 277 more

"...newly announced list of authors for the 2016 Texas Book Festival. With 280 authors on board – among them..."

Sept. 15, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Austin African American Book Festival Gives Youth Revolutionary Programming

The 18th annual AAABF offers youth avenues for expression

"...Now in its 18th year, the Austin African American Book Festival has been a paragon of the eloquence of..."

July 3, 2024 Arts Post by Cy White

Texas Book Festival 2020: The Full Line-Up

All 150 authors announced for the 25th anniversary lit celebration

"...Texas Book Festival No. 25 – aka Virtual Texas Book Festival..."

Sept. 16, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Texas Book Festival 2019: The Full Lineup

Malcolm Gladwell, Sonia Sotomayor, John Grisham, and 300 more

"...John Hodgman will all be at the 2019 Texas Book Festival, along with over 300 other authors, all of..."

Aug. 28, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

African American Book Festival

Ninth edition of the Austin fest insists "Black Lives Matter"

"...The 2015 African American Book Festival, taking place Saturday, June 27, 10am-4pm, will be..."

June 26, 2015 Arts Post by Alexa Harrington

Black Mask

"...super-soldiers in favor of spending his remaining days shelving books at the local library. While this may at first..."

May 21, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Texas State Professors’ New Book Recontextualizes Paul McCartney’s “Blackbird”

To explore “how Black musicians sang the Beatles into being”

"...were, "Where are all the presentations about all the Black people?" The resulting conversations led them to contribute to..."

Dec. 8, 2023 Music Feature by Oscar Rodriguez

Texas Book Festival 2020: Isabel Wilkerson on Caste

Festival talk highlights structural foundations of U.S. divisions

"...In 2010, just before that year’s Texas Book Festival and a panel on her book, The Warmth..."

Nov. 17, 2020 Arts Post by Michael King

The Black Dahlia

Brian De Palma returns with a new crime thriller drawn from James Ellroy's fictional account of the notorious Los Angeles murder of a would-be Hollywood starlet dubbed the Black Dahlia.

"...Ms. Short is better known these days as the Black Dahlia, tough-guy steno for the LAPD's most infamous unsolved..."

Sept. 22, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Book of Life

"...Nikaido. Take this, Bill Gates: Jesus Christ uses a PowerBook. At least, in Hal Hartley's new, short (63 minutes)..."

Aug. 20, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Francesca T. Royster’s Book Black Country Music: Listening for Revolutions Highlights Beyoncé and Tina Turner’s Influence at SXSW

Taylor Crumpton joined talk on Black resistance within the genre

"...an English professor at DePaul University and author of Black Country Music: Listening for Revolutions, argues that they are..."

March 13, 2023 Music Post by Abby Johnston

Texas Book Festival 2019: Who Belongs?

Authors explore what it means to be an American outsider

"...When glancing over the list of this year’s Texas Book Festival authors, a jarring and piercingly relevant theme stands..."

Oct. 25, 2019 Arts Post by Saskia Henn

Jump On It Organizer NOOK Turner’s 30-Year Fight to Preserve Eastside Black Culture

Rapper / promoter / activist goes long on his annual “Black Culture 360” event

"...continued gentrification and its rippling effect on this city’s Black population is indisputable. A proud native of 78702, the..."

May 30, 2025 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

The Last Black Man in San Francisco

A gentle, poetic look at gentrification that shimmers with the winds of history

"...The Last Black Man in San Francisco, already one of the most..."

June 14, 2019 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Jungle Book

"Forget about your worries and your strife …"

"...Godfather’s dialogue is near genius.) And yet, The Jungle Book frequently shields its young viewers from the consequences of..."

April 15, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Fifty Shades of Black

Marlon Wayons takes on another spoof

"...while, but they’re unlikely to find Fifty Shades of Black a nonstop titter fest...."

Feb. 5, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Texas Book Festival 2017: The Full List

Dan Rather, Jeffrey Eugenides, the Bush sisters, and 291 more

"...literary banquet of the year is over. The Texas Book Festival has announced the full menu of authors on..."

Sept. 12, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Book Review: How We Fight for Our Lives

Saeed Jones' memoir resonates most when it digs the deepest

"...You can’t judge a book by its cover, but perhaps the title is a..."

Oct. 22, 2019 Arts Post by Laura Jones

Texas Book Festival Announces 15 Authors for 2020

Virtual fest hosting Dean Koontz, Julia Alvarez, Kevin Kwan

"...astride a Hereford-sized horny toad in the 2020 Texas Book Festival's official poster – a hand tinted creation of..."

Aug. 12, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Texas Book Festival Announces First 15 Authors

Fall lineup includes Susan Choi, Attica Locke, Hafsah Faizal

"...one of the city’s premier fall fests, the Texas Book Festival...."

June 26, 2019 Arts Post by Kimberley Jones

Mohsin Hamid Speaks to Mayor's Book Club

Author fills Central Library for talk about his Exit West

"...much-praised novel, arrived as a guest of the Mayor's Book Club...."

April 16, 2018 Arts Post by Sumaiya Malik

Black Mass

Johnny Depp plays the notorious South Boston crime boss Whitey Bulger

"...the case of those he had executed). By necessity, Black Mass begins in a hole it can never dig..."

Sept. 18, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

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